Electronic monetary claim system and method for managing pledging of mortgage of electronically recorded monetary claim with defense

ABSTRACT

According to one form of the present disclosure, a system transmits a request for recording of generation of an electronic recorded monetary claim condition precedent with defense, to a ledger recorder. The system transmits an assignment recording request indicating that the electronic recorded monetary claim with defense has been pledged as an assignment guarantee, to the ledger recorder.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Application No.PCT/JP2016/075022, filed Aug. 26, 2016, which claims priority to and thebenefit of Japanese Patent Application No. 2015-171834, filed Sep. 1,2015. The disclosures of the above applications are incorporated hereinby reference.

FIELD

The present disclosure relates to an electronically recorded monetaryclaim system and method for managing pledging of mortgage of anelectronically recorded monetary claim with defense (or subject tocondition precedent), using a computer network.

BACKGROUND

The statements in this section merely provide background informationrelated to the present disclosure and may not constitute prior art.

Conventionally, a number of days have been spent from order tocompletion and delivery, in several industries like contractors such asa construction industry and a shipbuilding industry. Substantialresources are required in production processes in companies of suchindustries. In general, no payment is made until the delivery.Therefore, a burden of costs between order and delivery in orderproduction of complex equipment, system development, time-consumingbusiness from order to delivery such as construction, and the like, hasbeen heavy for start up companies, and small and medium-sizedenterprises, and, collateralization of a mortgage on a contractreceivable with defense before delivery has been very difficult.

In recent years, an electronically recorded monetary claims act has beenenacted and promulgated, and come into effect since December 2008. Inrelation to the electronically recorded monetary claims act, forexample, a technology such as a method and system for management ofborrower's bankruptcy using the electronically recorded monetary claimhas been developed as disclosed in Patent Document 1 (JP5663626B). If acustomer (borrower) is bankrupt, this technology can collectively retainexisting electronically recorded monetary claims using a bank settlementaccount as a creditor account, and can also urge an electronicallyrecorded monetary claim which has newly occurred to be automaticallyassigned and retains the monetary claim by registering bankruptcyinformation, and thereby reduces a burden of office procedure andpost-management related to the retention.

In addition, as regards a discount of the above-explained electronicallyrecorded monetary claim, a technology such as a system and method ofautomatically determining the possibility of execution of the discountof the electronically recorded monetary claim, based on creditworthinessof both a payment company “obligor” of the electronically recordedmonetary claim and a discount requester have been developed as disclosedin Patent Document 2 (JP 5362867B). According this technology, thepossibility of execution of the discount of the electronically recordedmonetary claim is determined, based on the obligor's allowable maximumamount and the discount requester's discount maximum amount, and thepossibility of execution of the discount of the electronically recordedmonetary claim can be determined automatically and rapidly byconsidering creditworthiness of both the obligor and the discountrequester.

PO is an abbreviation of “Purchase Order (Order)”. Loan at orderingpoint of time is a mechanism in which a financial institution and thelike examines an order company, based on PO, and carry out financing fora subcontracting company having received PO from the order company. Theloan at ordering point of time has a feature of being a scheme whichextends credit to the subcontracting company, based on credit of theorder company which is a PO publisher, on the assumption that borrowercompany has a technology and the ability to fulfill, and a feature ofachieving a loan at ordering, i.e., a relatively early stage of atransaction.

As a basic scheme of the loan at ordering point of time, first, asubcontracting company (primary) receives order information from anorder company and carries out an application of loan to a financialinstitution, based on the order information. The financial institutionexamines the subcontracting company (primary) which is the applicant andexamines the order company which can be identified based on the orderinformation. In the examination, it is determined whether thesubcontracting company (primary) is equipped with the ability to fulfillan order content such as a technical capability, and the like. If theresult of examination executed by the financial institution issuccessful, the loan to the subcontracting company is carried out. Thesubcontracting company (primary) can obtain working capital and canplace an order to a subcontracting company (secondary). Thesubcontracting company (primary) pays a price of an inspected product ora part after delivery from the subcontracting company (secondary). Thesubcontracting company (primary) manufactures a finished product usingthe inspected product or the part and delivers the finished product tothe order company. The order company pays a price of the finishedproduct to the subcontracting company (primary), and the subcontractingcompany (primary) makes a repayment to the financial institution whichhas loaned, based on the price. Thus, money which has been loaned fromthe financial institution does not only facilitate the subcontractingcompany (primary) making payment to the further subcontracting company,but is appropriated for employment, payment of salaries and improvescash flow for business continuity for the company. In other words, POexhibits effects of improving fluidity of funds in a supply chain andimproving the cash flow of each company in the supply chain.

SUMMARY

As explained above, a number of companies, for example, contractors ofthe construction industry, the shipbuilding industry, and the like spenda lot of days until the completion and delivery from the order.Substantial resources are required in the production processes in suchcompanies. A Company having financial margin may not have a problem, butsmall and medium-sized enterprises, company having no financial margin,and company having no collateral of real estate, etc., may not be ableto borrow money from a bank, or the like. In addition, obtainingdebtor's consent to assignment of an obligation before inspection hasbeen difficult. Recently, demands to make electronically recordedmonetary claims occur and to borrow funds banks or the like by usingelectronically recorded monetary claims as assigned mortgage have beentherefore increased.

However, Patent Document 1 aims to register the bankruptcy information,and Patent Document 2 aims only to automatically determine possibilityof execution of the discount of the electronically recorded monetaryclaim, and a mechanism of financing for the subcontracting companyreceiving PO from the order company which is the PO publisher has notbeen effectively utilized for the above-explained electronicallyrecorded monetary claim.

In addition, revision of a Small and Medium-sized Enterprise CreditInsurance Act has been established as a part of introduction of a newsmall and medium enterprise policy carried out by a Small and MediumEnterprises Agency, handling of the electronically recorded monetaryclaim in a guarantee system (current asset-backed loan guarantee) of acredit guarantee corporation has been approved and, in contrast, (1)overall: underdeveloped, of a monitoring system in the financialinstitution, (2) personal property: difficulty in evaluation of personalproperty collateral and a cost required for the evaluation,implementation and costs of continuous monitoring carried out by thefinancial institution, and instability of a right relationship ofpersonal property collateral, (3) monetary claim: difficulty intermination in a case where a special agreement on assignmentprohibition is attached to accounts receivable, and the like have beenrecognized as current problems in accounts receivable (ABL) promotion.

The present disclosure has been accomplished in consideration of theconventionally existing circumstances explained above, and aims to makethe electronically recorded monetary claim occur by PO. That is, in thepresent disclosure, the electronically recorded monetary claim can behandled as a financial interest at the time of order and, furthermore,the electronically recorded monetary claim subject to conditionprecedent can be handled after the time of order, by making theelectronically recorded monetary claim occur from the initial time ofthe order. Furthermore, the present disclosure aims to facilitatefinancial evaluation of collateral by developing a monitoring system ina financial institution, to facilitate updating of the electronicallyrecorded monetary claim subject to condition precedent (includingtermination in a case where an special agreement on assignmentprohibition is attached to the accounts receivable) by computerprocessing, and to improve cash flow of the electronically recordedmonetary claim in the loan at ordering point of time, when theelectronically recorded monetary claim subject to condition precedentare collateralized.

An electronic monetary claim system according to one form of the presentdisclosure is communicably connected to a first terminal used by anorder company, a second terminal used by a delivery company, a thirdterminal used by a financial institution of the delivery company, and aledger recorder recording electronic record ledger data in an electronicmonetary claim recording institution. The electronic monetary claimsystem includes a first management unit and a second management unit.The first management unit transmits generated record request data of anelectronically recorded monetary claim with defense to the ledgerrecorder, by an electronic contract function, when receiving a placingorder registration of the electronically recorded monetary claim withdefense from the first terminal and receiving a first approvalregistration of the placing order registration from the second terminalor when receiving a receiving order registration of the electronicallyrecorded monetary claim with defense from the second terminal andreceiving a second approval registration of the receiving orderregistration from the first terminal. The second management unittransmits assignment record request data including informationindicating that the electronically recorded monetary claim with defensehave been pledged as mortgage when an assignment request for pledging ofthe mortgage of the electronically recorded monetary claim with defenseis transmitted from the second terminal to the third terminal, then anapproval corresponding to the assignment request is transmitted from thethird terminal to the second terminal and, furthermore, when receiving amortgage registration for pledging of the mortgage of the electronicallyrecorded monetary claim with defense from the second terminal.

According to the present disclosure, the electronically recordedmonetary claim can be handled as a financial target at the ordering and,furthermore, the electronically recorded monetary claim subject tocondition precedent can be handled at the time of ordering, bygenerating the electronically recorded monetary claim by PO, i.e.,generating the electronically recorded monetary claim at the initialtime of ordering.

In other words, in the prior art, since payment is not executed untilthe delivery, in general, cost burden from the ordering to the deliveryhas been heavy for start up companies and small and medium-sizedenterprises, and collateralizing the mortgage on contract receivableswith defense before delivery has been very difficult, as regards thebusiness for which much time needs to be spent from the ordering to thedelivery such as order production of complex equipment, systemdevelopment, and construction. However, the above-explained difficultiescan be overcome by use of the electronically recorded monetary claim.Since the electronically recorded monetary claim can be handled at thecredit guarantee corporation by the revision of the Small andMedium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act, evaluation of theelectronically recorded monetary claim as collateral can be madeexcellent. According to a ministerial ordinance for partial revision ofEnforcement Regulations for the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise CreditInsurance Act, the electronically recorded monetary claim to be handledare defined as “an electronically recorded monetary claim (limited tothat which has been generated on the basis of an article or serviceproviding or a contract to permit machinery or other article to beused)”, and the electronically recorded monetary claim generated at thetime of the order is capable of being handled (Enforcement on Sep. 20,2013). In addition, the mortgage on contract receivables (mortgage withdefense) before completion and delivery can be secured in a currentasset-backed loan guarantee system of a credit guarantee corporation.

Furthermore, according to the present disclosure, in the case ofcollateralizing the electronically recorded monetary claim subject tocondition precedent, financial evaluation of the electronically recordedmonetary claim as the collateral is facilitated and the electronicallyrecorded monetary claim subject to condition precedent can easily beupdated when the electronically recorded monetary claim subject tocondition precedent are collateralized. For example, the electronicallyrecorded monetary claim subject to condition precedent has a time limit(180 days), but the term can be extended by once formally liquidatingand updating the electronically recorded monetary claims. Furthermore,according to the present disclosure, assignment can easily be carriedout (the above-explained problem (3) can be solved) by activating ABL(accounts receivable) of electronically recorded monetary claims, i.e.,by creating the electronically recorded monetary claim of the accountsreceivable, and fundraising of the small and medium-sized enterprisescan be facilitated.

Additional objects and advantages of the present disclosure will be setforth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious fromthe description, or may be learned by practice of the presentdisclosure. The objects and advantages of the present disclosure may berealized and obtained by means of the instrumentalities and combinationsparticularly pointed out hereinafter.

Further areas of applicability will become apparent from the descriptionprovided herein. It should be understood that the description andspecific examples are intended for purposes of illustration only and arenot intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.

DRAWINGS

In order that the disclosure may be well understood, there will now bedescribed various forms thereof, given by way of example, referencebeing made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a monitoringservice system according to a first form;

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of an entiretransaction flow of the monitoring service system according to the firstform;

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic example of anelectronic contract-order receiving function of the monitoring servicesystem according to the first form;

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic example of accountspayable and receivable reconciliation function and a charging proxyfunction of the monitoring service system according to the first form;

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic example of anelectronically recorded monetary claim request function of themonitoring service system according to the first form;

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic example of acollection registration function of the monitoring service systemaccording to the first form;

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic example of areceiving agent function of the monitoring service system according tothe first form;

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic example of amonitoring function of the monitoring the service system according tothe first form;

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic example of anelectronic document management service of the monitoring service systemaccording to the first form;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of acomputer system according to a second form; and

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram showing an example of operations of thecomputer system according to the second form.

The drawings described herein are for illustration purposes only and arenot intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure in any way.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following description is merely exemplary in nature and is notintended to limit the present disclosure, application, or uses. Itshould be understood that throughout the drawings, correspondingreference numerals indicate like or corresponding parts and features.

A cash flow improvement system and a cash flow improvement method usingan electronically recorded monetary claim for a loan at ordering pointof time, compatible with computer processing, according to the presentdisclosure, will be hereinafter described in detail with reference tothe accompanying drawings.

A requirement for efficacy of generation and assignment of theelectronically recorded monetary claim is to execute electronicallyrecording in a recording ledger of a system of an electronic monetaryclaim recording institution (electronic monetary claim (recording)services) (see FIG. 5). For example, if a terminal of an order company(payment company) 1 designates an amount of a claim, due date ofpayment, a creditor, and the like, of the electronically recordedmonetary claim, and requests a system of an electronic monetary claimrecording institution C to record generation, the system of theelectronic monetary claim recording institution C records the generationof the electronically recorded monetary claim in the recording ledger.The electronically recorded monetary claim handling the ordering company1 as the debtor thereby occurs. When the due date of payment of theelectronically recorded monetary claim arrives, the amount of a claim isautomatically withdrawn from an account of the order company 1 andautomatically transferred to an account of a delivery company (ordercompany) 2 which is the creditor (see FIG. 7). When the transfer isexecuted, the system of the electronic monetary claim recordinginstitution C records a matter that the payment has been completed inthe recording ledger as a payment record (see FIG. 2 and FIG. 6). Inaddition, a terminal of the delivery company 2 can also assign theelectronically recorded monetary claim by requesting an assignmentrecord to the system of the electronic monetary claim recordinginstitution C through a financial institution (for example, bank, etc.)and recording the assignment in the recording ledger. In addition, thedelivery company 2 can apply for a request for borrowing handling theelectronically recorded monetary claim as collateral, to the financialinstitution.

In the recent revision of the act, it is expected that the problem ofABL promotion concerning the claim can be solved by creating theelectronically recorded monetary claim of the accounts receivable. Incontrast, “underdevelopment of a monitoring organization and the like inthe financial institution” which has been raised as the entire problemis considered remarkable in a local financial institution (financialinstitutions E1 and E2 explained later) having a number of small andmedium-sized enterprise transactions. Accordingly, in one form of thepresent disclosure, the electronically recorded monetary claim is usedby considering these local financial institutions E1 and E2 as targets,and a monitoring service system P (hereinafter referred to as the mainsystem P) which is related to labor saving is constructed (see FIG. 1and FIG. 2).

In a guarantee system of a credit guarantee corporation G shown in FIG.2, an individual guarantee and a revolving guarantee are defined. Theindividual guarantee can be managed within the scope of anadministrative procedure of a general electronically recorded monetaryclaim discount (collateral), for the financial institution E2 incooperation with the delivery company 2, and importance for use of themain system P is small. In contrast, as regards the revolving guarantee,a credit guarantee corporation G adopts a system of determining amaximum guarantee amount based on scoring of a credit risk database(CRD) and not executing review for one year. Thus, since the utilityvalue is high for small and medium-sized enterprises of the borrowerside while the financial institution E2 in cooperation with the deliverycompany 2 needs to monitor transition of balance of an accountsreceivable (electronically recorded monetary claim), the main system Phas a high utility value. Accordingly, the main system P includes amechanism to accumulate data from ordering contract stage and to provideinformation such as order balance transition, claim balance transition,and the like.

In addition, in the main system P, since a problem may occur in dataaccuracy if there is no convenience for small and medium-sizedenterprises to use, a series of transaction from placing and receivingorders to settlement can be utilized on Web base, office rationalizationis implemented and, for example, services such as an electroniccontract, issuing an electronic invoice, document management, providingjournal information, and the like are provided.

The electronic monetary claim recording institution C is provided with asystem which enables an electronic claim (record) to be used on anetwork if a user side desires. Since the electronically recordedmonetary claim subject to condition precedent (or the electronicallyrecorded monetary claim with defense) can be handled and the guaranteeinstitution of the credit guarantee corporation G is targeted to theaccounts receivable of non-occurrence, in the electronic monetary claimrecording institution C, user convenience is increased by using theelectronic monetary claim recording institution C. Therefore, the mainsystem P enables data exchange with the electronic monetary claimrecording institution C.

The main system P includes not only a function of using the guaranteeinstitution of the credit guarantee association G, but also a functioncorresponding to a use model of a private guarantee company F or afunction of using a portfolio evaluation model.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the main system leading to laborsavings using the electronically recorded monetary claim of loan atordering point of time according to one form of the present disclosure.In this form, the main system P is connected to (included in) a Webclient 200 (hereinafter referred to as a monitoring service terminal200) of a business agent company which monitors the transition ofbalance of the electronically recorded monetary claim in the financialinstitution E2 in cooperation with the delivery company 2, as acollaboration platform 17. In addition, a user's Web client 100(hereinafter referred to as a user terminal 100) is a terminal of eachof an order company 1, the delivery company 2, financial institutionsEP, E1, and E2, a private guarantee company F (including a FAX and anE-mail), and the like, and is connected to the main system P, based onarbitrary authentication of an authentication unit 18 via an Internet,to transmit and receive various types of information.

The monitoring service terminal 200 is constructed separately in a frontservice group 5 for users, a core transaction group 6 for internalprocessing, and a database (DB) group 7. The front service group 5includes a core function and an optional function. In addition, the coretransaction group 6 is a basic internal processing function and startssimultaneously with a core function of the front service group 5. Thefront service group 5 includes an electronic contract and orderreceiving and placing function 51, an accounts payable and receivablereconciliation function 52, a request agent function 53, an electronicmonetary claim record request function 54, a collection registrationfunction 55, a receiving agent function 56, a monitoring function, anelectronic document management 58, and the like. The core transactiongroup 6 includes various functions such as a system control 61, a basicdata management 61, a contract and receiving and placing ordermanagement 63, a claim detail and history management 64, a recordedrequest management 65, a payment history and delinquency management 66,and a commission collection management 67. The database group 7 includesa control system database 71 and stores various types of data orinformation such as employee data 72, the financial institution data 73,user data 74, placing and receiving order detail data 75, claim detaildata (history data) 76, electronic document data 77, and commissionmanagement book data 78.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of an overalltransaction flow of the main system P according to one form of thepresent disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2, the main system P executes orderregistration and delivery and request registration for the terminal ofthe delivery company 2. In addition, providing the claim information,deposit confirmation and registration, providing collection historyinformation, and providing record request information are executedbetween the main system P and the terminal of the delivery company 2.The terminal of the delivery company 2 executes applying theelectronically recorded monetary claim and collateral loans, andproviding monitoring information to the terminal of the financialinstitution E2 of the delivery company 2. Monitoring information inquiryis executed between the terminal of the financial institution E2 of thedelivery company 2 and the main system P, and the financial institutionE2 executes financing to the delivery company 2. The terminal of thefinancial institutions E2 of the delivery company 2 executes applicationof guarantee to the terminal of the credit guarantee corporation G, andthe credit guarantee corporation G issues a guarantee to the terminal ofthe financial institution E2 of the delivery companies 2. The privateguarantee company F can also be used instead of the credit guaranteecorporation G. Assignment record request is executed between theterminal of the financial institution E2 of the delivery company 2 andthe system of the electronic monetary claim recording institution C. Themain system P executes order confirmation registration and invoicereception to the terminal of the order company 1. In response to this,the terminal of the order company 1 executes payment notificationregistration to the main system P. Occurring record consent request andits consent are executed between the terminal of the order company 1 andthe terminal of the financial institution E1 of the order company 1.Generated record consent commission and date fund settlement areexecuted between the terminal of the financial institutions E1 of theorder company 1 and the system of the electronic monetary claimrecording institution C.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic example of anelectronic contract-ordering function 51 of the main system P accordingto one form of the present disclosure. The electronic contract and orderreceiving and placing function 51 of the front service group 5 completesdelivery of a buy-sell order form and its acknowledgment in a documentmanagement system by electronic contract. In this case, a stamp duty isunnecessary, and an electronic certificate and a time stampcorresponding to national taxes are automatically assigned. In addition,placing order registration and receiving order registration are executedby any one of the terminal of the order company 1 and the terminal ofthe delivery company 2, by receiving and placing order registration, anda counterpart executes approval registration. More specifically, asshown in FIG. 3, order acknowledgment registration or contract agreementconfirmation is executed between the main system P and the terminal ofthe delivery company 2, and registration of a buy-sell order form orcontract agreement is executed between the main system P and theterminal of the ordering company 1.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic example of theaccounts payable and receivable reconciliation function 52 and therequest agent function 53 of the main system P according to one form ofthe present disclosure. The accounts payable and receivablereconciliation function 52 registers accounts receivable details afterreceiving the completion of delivery inspection from the terminal of thedelivery company 2. However, if the electronic contract and orderreceiving and placing function 51 is utilized, the accounts payable andreceivable reconciliation function 52 automatically registers theaccounts receivable details. The terminal of the order company 1executes input of accounts payable approval after checking aregistration content of the accounts receivable details. If the terminalof the delivery company 2 requests creating the electronically recordedmonetary claim, the terminal of the ordering company 1 inputs debtor'sconsent. The electronic monetary claim record request function 54 isthereby executed automatically. In addition, the request agent function53 issues an electronic invoice (PDF document) in a preliminarilyregistered invoice form to the order company 1, at an opportunity ofdebt approval input from the terminal of the order company 1. In thiscase, the electronic certificate and the time stamp are automaticallyassigned to an electronic invoice. The terminal of the order company 1retrieves out and prints the electronic invoice. More specifically, asshown in FIG. 4, delivery/inspection and accounts receivableregistration are executed between this main system P and the terminal ofthe delivery company 2, and the accounts payable approval is executedbetween the main system P and the terminal of the order company 1. Inaddition, the main system P issues the electronic invoice to theterminal of the order company 1.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic example of anelectronic monetary claim record requesting function 54 of the mainsystem P according to one form of the present disclosure. The electronicmonetary claim record request function 54 provides a function ofgenerating a form or data necessary for the terminal of the deliverycompany 2 to make a request for the generated record request to theterminal of the financial institution E2 of the delivery company 2 andenabling the terminal of the delivery company 2 to transmit or uploadthe generated form or data to the terminal of the financial institutionE2. As shown in FIG. 5, the system of the electronic monetary claimrecording institution C notifies a consent request to the terminal ofthe financial institution E1 which is in cooperation with the ordercompany 1, and records the electronically recorded monetary claim byconsent of the terminal of the ordering company 1. The main system Pautomatically transmits the generated record request to a recordinginstitution of the electronic monetary claim recording institution C. Inaddition, assignment record request for collateralization is executedbetween the delivery company 2 and the financial institution E2 and, inthe main system P, the fact that a claim for a certain order company 1has been pledged as mortgage is registered in claim details.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the main system P transmits agenerated record invoice to the terminal of the delivery company 2. Theterminal of the delivery company 2 executes the generated record requestto the terminal of the financial institution E2. The generated recordrequest is executed between the system of the electronic monetary claimrecording institution C and the terminal of the financial institution E2of the delivery company 2. A generated record consent commission isexecuted between the system of the electronic monetary claim recordinginstitution C and the terminal of the financial institution E1 of theorder company 1. A generated record consent request and its consent areexecuted between the terminal of the order company 1 and the terminal ofthe financial institution E1 of the order company 1. The assignmentrecord request is executed between the system of the electronic monetaryclaim recording institution C and the terminal of the financialinstitution E2 of the delivery company 2. The terminal of the financialinstitution E2 of the delivery company 2 executes a mortgageregistration in the main system P. Simultaneously with this, thegenerated record request is executed between the main system P and thesystem of the electronic monetary claim recording institution C, and theassignment record request is executed between the terminal of thefinancial institution E2 of the delivery company 2 and the system of theelectronic monetary claim recording institution C.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic example of acollection registration function 55 of the system P according to oneform of the present disclosure. The collection registration function 55registers debt collection after confirming a deposit of accountsreceivable by the terminal of the delivery company 2. At this time, whenthe terminal of the ordering company 1 inputs issue of a receipt to thecollection registration function 55 as needed, the collectionregistration function 55 transmits an electronic receipt addressed tothe order company 1, to the terminal of the order company 1. Morespecifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the terminal of the financialinstitution E1 of the order company 1 executes a date fund settlement tothe terminal of the financial institution E2 of the delivery company 2.The terminal of the financial institution E1 executes paymentnotification to the system of the electronic monetary claim recordinginstitution C. The terminal of the financial institution E2 of thedelivery company 2 notifies the terminal of the delivery company 2 ofthe deposit, and the terminal of the delivery company 2 executes debtcollection registration to the system P. The main system P issues areceipt to the terminal of the order company 1.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic example of areceiving agent function 56 of the system P according to one form of thepresent disclosure. The receiving agent function 56 may be used when theelectronically recorded monetary claim is not used or the electronicmonetary claim recording institution C may be used instead. If the mainsystem P is employed, the delivery company 2 opens a dedicated accountin a partner financial institution EP of the company's partner. Thereceiving agent function 56 designates the account as a transferdestination account in an invoice addressed to the order company 1.Therefore, if the receiving agent function 56 is employed, consent ofthe order company 1 is required in advance. The receiving agent function56 of the main system P reconciles information of deposit to a dedicatedaccount with request information and, if the reconciliation issuccessful, executes collection registration in the claim details andnotifies the terminal of the delivery company 2 of a debt collection.The amount received is rapidly transferred into a bank account of thedelivery company 2 after a commission is deducted. However, if the claimis a mortgage, the amount received can also be transferred into alending financial institution account.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the receiving agent function 56issues an electronic invoice to the terminal of the order company 1.Then, the terminal of the order company 1 makes a date transfer requestto the terminal of the financial institution E1 of the order company 1.The terminal of the financial institution E1 of the order company 1executes transfer to a dedicated account of the system of the partnerfinancial institution EP of the company's partner. The system of thepartner financial institution EP executes deposit confirmation in thesystem P, and the main system P makes an amount received transferrequest to the system of the partner financial institution EP. Thesystem of the partner financial institution EP executes transfer to thebank account of the financial institution E2 of the delivery company 2.Simultaneously with this, the terminal of the financial institution E2of the delivery company 2 notifies the terminal of the delivery company2 of a deposit. The main system P notifies the terminal of the deliverycompany 2 of the debt collection.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic example of amonitoring function 57 of the main system P according to one form of thepresent disclosure. The monitoring function 57 provides the terminal ofthe delivery company 2 with information such as a debt collectionsituation, credit by debtors balance, and balance transition. Inaddition, if there is an agreement between parties, the monitoringfunction 57 executes inquiry of the same information and providing areport to the terminal of the lending financial institution E2 or theterminal of the private guarantee company F. More specifically, as shownin FIG. 8, providing credit information and providing collection historyinformation are executed between with the monitoring function 57 of themain system P and the delivery company 2. The terminal of the deliverycompany 2 executes submitting a credit balance report to the terminal ofthe financial institution E2 of the delivery company 2. The monitoringfunction 57 of the main system P executes monitoring information inquiryand providing the report to the terminal of the financial institutionsE2 of the delivery company 2 and the terminal of the private guaranteecompany F.

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic example of theelectronic document management 58 of the main system P according to oneform of the present disclosure. The electronic document management 58provides an electronic document management system corresponding tonational taxes as a standard function. The electronic documentmanagement 58 executes, for example, storage of an electroniccertificate and a PDF document with a time stamp. The electronicdocument management 58 of the main system P can store contractdocuments, order documents, invoices, receipts, report documents, andthe like to be used in folders etc., to folders for different users andstore the documents for a long term of 10 years or more. Delivery of adocument between users by the electronic document management 58 isexecuted by reference to the document in a user folder or downloading.If a user wishes, the electronic document management 58 can register theother transaction documents. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, theelectronic document management 58 of the main system P executeselectronic document registration, retrieval, and inquiry between theelectronic document management 58 and the terminal of the deliverycompany 2, and between the electronic document management 58 and theorder company 1.

The computer system according to one form is the cash flow improvementsystem using the electronically recorded monetary claim in loan atordering point of time, wherein the main system P for monitoring thebalance transition of the electronically recorded monetary claim in thefinancial institution in a case of collateralizing the electronicallyrecorded monetary claim is connected in the Internet to the userterminals including the terminal of the order company 1, the terminal ofthe delivery company 2, the terminal of the financial institutions E2,and the terminal of the private guarantee company F. The main system Pincludes the front service group 5 for user including the functions suchas the electronic contract and order receiving and placing function 51,the accounts payable and receivable reconciliation function 52, therequest agent function 53, the electronic monetary claim record requestfunction 54, the collection registration function 55, the receivingagent function 56, and the monitoring function 57, and the coretransaction group 6 for inner processing including the functions such asthe system control 61, the basic data management 62, the contract andreceiving and placing order management 63, the claim detail and historymanagement 64, the record request management 65, the payment history anddelinquency management 66 and the commission collection management 67.

The computer system according to one form is the cash flow improvementsystem using the electronically recorded monetary claim in loan atordering point of time, wherein the terminal of the order company 1, theterminal of the delivery company 2, the terminal of the financialinstitution E2, and the system of the electronic monetary claimrecording institution C are connected in the Internet to the main systemP. The computer system includes a record request management unit whichexecutes a confirmation action of order receiving and placing contractbetween the terminal of the order company 1 and the delivery company 2,generates record request data, and transmits the record request data tothe system of the electronic monetary claim recording institution C, anda record request management unit which executes a confirmation actionconcerning assignment of an obligation between the terminal of thedelivery company 2 and the terminal of the financial institution E2,generates record request data, and transmits the record request data tothe system of the electronic monetary claim recording institution C. Thesystem of the electronic monetary claim recording institution Ctransmits recording result data based on the record request data by amessage exchange function and executes notification of record completionto the terminal of the order company 1, the terminal of the deliverycompany 2, and the terminal of the financial institution E2.

A first method according to one form is a method of improving cash flowby the electronically recorded monetary claim in loan at ordering pointof time, wherein the main system P for monitoring the balance transitionof the electronically recorded monetary claim in the financialinstitution in a case of collateralizing the electronically recordedmonetary claim is connected in the Internet to the user terminalsincluding the terminal of the order company 1, the terminal of thedelivery company 2, the terminal of the financial institutions E2, andthe terminal of the private guarantee company F. In the first method,the main system P includes a step of storing data from a stage of anordering contract made by the terminal of the order company 1 and theterminal of the delivery company 2, and a step of inquiring informationof an order balance transition and a claim balance transition to theterminal of the financial institution E2 and the terminal of the privateguarantee company F as monitoring information.

A second method according to one form is a method of improving cash flowby the electronically recorded monetary claim in loan at ordering pointof time, using a computer system, wherein the terminal of the ordercompany 1, the terminal of the delivery company 2, the terminal of thefinancial institution E2, and the system of the electronic monetaryclaim recording institution C are connected in the Internet to the mainsystem P. The second method includes a step of performing delivery,inspection, invoicing, accounts payable and receivable reconciliation,and collection registration between the terminal of the delivery company2 and the terminal of the order company 1, a step of making a requestfor recording termination of the condition precedent (disconnection ofdefense) to the system of the electronic monetary claim recordinginstitution C, a step of generating record result data based on therecording request by the system of the electronic monetary claimrecording institution C, a step of transmitting the record result datafrom the system of the electronic monetary claim recording institutionC, and a step of executing notification of record completion to theterminal of the order company 1, the terminal of the delivery company 2or the terminal of the financial institution E2 by the system of theelectronic monetary claim recording institution C.

Second Form

In this second form, several parts of the first form will be explainedin more detail. In the present first form will be denoted by the samereference numerals and their explanations will be omitted or theconstituent elements will be explained simply.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of acomputer system according to the present form.

A computer system 8 includes an electronic monetary claim system 9,terminals 10 to 13, and a ledger recorder 14. It is assumed that in thecomputer system 8, the electronic monetary claim system 9, terminals 10to 13, and a ledger recorder 14 can communicate with each other. Forexample, communications of data, signals, requests, commands,information, and the like are executed among the electronic monetaryclaim system 9, the terminals 10 to 13, and the ledger recorder 14.

The terminal 10 is used in the order company 1. The terminal 11 is usedin the delivery company 2. The terminal 12 is used by the financialinstitution E2 in cooperation with the delivery company 2. The terminal13 is used, for example, to monitor claim detail data 15 of theelectronically recorded monetary claim. The ledger recorder 14 ismanaged by the electronic monetary claim recording institution C andrecords electronic recording ledger data 16. In the present form, theelectronic monetary claim system 9 corresponds to the main system P ofthe first form. The terminals 10 to 12 correspond to the terminal of theorder company 1, the terminal of the delivery company 2, and theterminal of the financial institution E2 in the first form,respectively. The ledger recorder 14 corresponds to the system of theelectronic monetary claim recording institution C.

The terminal 10 is, for example, a computer and includes a processor 10a, a memory 10 c which records a program 10 b, and a communication unit10 d.

The processor 10 a enables data communications with an external devicedata via the communication unit 10 d by executing the program 10 brecorded in the memory 10 c. The program 10 b may be, for example, anoperating system and a browser.

A processor 11 a provided in the terminal 11, a memory 11 c recording aprogram 11 b, a communication unit 11 d, a processor 12 a provided inthe terminal 12, a memory 12 c recording a program 12 b, a communicationunit 12 d, a processor 13 a provided in the terminal 13, a memory 13 crecording a program 13 b, and a communication unit 13 d are similar to aprocessor 10 a provided in the terminal 10, a memory 10 c recording aprogram 10 b, and a communication unit 10 d, and their explanations areomitted.

The terminal 13 may be either the terminal 10 or 11. The terminal 13 maybe, for example, the terminal 12 used in the financial institution E2, aterminal used by the other financial institution such as the financialinstitution E1 in cooperation with the order company 1, or the terminalused in the private guarantee company F.

The ledger recorder 14 is, for example, a database system and includes aprocessor 14 a, a recorder 14 c recording a program 14 b and recordingledger data 16, and a communication unit 14 d. The processor 14 aenables data to be sent to or received from an external device via thecommunication unit 14 d by executing the program 14 b, and functions asa ledger management unit 141 which manages recording ledger data 16 (forexample, registration, updating, reading, and the like).

The electronic monetary claim system 9 is, for example, a computer ordatabase system, and includes a processor 9 a, a recorder 9 c recordinga program 9 b and claim detail data 15, and a communication unit 9 d.The processor 9 a enables data to be sent to or received from anexternal device via the communication unit 9 d by executing the program9 b, and functions as first to fourth managers 91 to 94.

The first management unit 91 includes an electronic contract function,i.e., the electronic contract and ordering function 51 in theabove-described first form. The first management unit 91 receives aplacing order registration of electronically recorded monetary claimsubject to condition precedent from the terminal 10 via thecommunication unit 9 d and receives a first approval registration forthe placing order registration from the terminal 11 via thecommunication unit 9 d, by the electronic contract function.Alternatively, the first management unit 91 receives a receiving orderregistration of the electronically recorded monetary claim subject tocondition precedent from the terminal 11 via the communication unit 9 dand receives a second approval registration for the receiving orderregistration from the terminal 10 via the communication unit 9 d. Then,the first management unit 91 transmits generated record request data ofthe electronically recorded monetary claim subject to conditionprecedent to the ledger recorder 14 via the communication unit 9 d, whenreceiving the first approval registration or the second approvalregistration.

If an assignment request for pledging of mortgage of the electronicallyrecorded monetary claim subject to condition precedent is sent from theterminal 11 to the terminal 12, if an approval corresponding to theassignment request is sent from the terminal 12 to the terminal 11, andif the second management unit 92 receives a mortgage registration fromthe terminal 12 via the communication unit 9 d, the second managementunit 92 transmits assignment record request data including informationindicating that the electronically recorded monetary claim subject tocondition precedent have been pledged as the mortgage, to the pledgerecorder 14 via the communication unit 9 d.

Furthermore, if the second management unit 92 receives cancellation of acondition precedent of the electronically recorded monetary claimsubject to condition precedent from any one of the terminals 10 to 12via the communication unit 9 d, the second management unit 92 transmitschange record request data including information indicating cancellationof the condition precedent of the electronically recorded monetary claimsubject to condition precedent via the communication unit 9 d.

If the third management unit 93 receives data relating to theelectronically recorded monetary claim subject to condition precedentfrom the terminals 10 to 12 via the communication unit 9 d, the thirdmanagement unit 93 records claim detail data 15 in the recorder 9 c orupdates the claim detail data 15 recorded in the recorder 9 c, based onthe received data. The claim detail data 15 is, for example, dataindicating a detail of the electronically recorded monetary claimsubject to condition precedent. The claim detail data 15 may include,for example, history data including the first approval registration orsecond approval registration, the assignment request, and date and timeof reception. The claim detail data 15 includes, for example, detailedstatus information (history data) of one or two or more electronicallyrecorded monetary claims subject to condition precedent from an initialtime of occurrence to the present time, for each delivery company 2.More specifically, the claim detail data 15 includes, for example,information generated at the present time for each electronicallyrecorded monetary claim, of generation of a claim, change (for example,assignment, balance change, extension or reduction of a payment period,change of a loan, cancellation of the condition precedent), a productstate (shipping, delivery, inspection), a debt collection (for example,payment receipt, extinguishment of a claim) and the like. For example,payment for the electronically recorded monetary claim subject tocondition precedent is executed after termination of the inspection. Theclaim detail data 15 is different from the recording ledger data 16 andincludes information more detailed than the recording ledger data 16.

For example, at the debt collection, the terminal of the financialinstitution E1 of the order company 1 executes a date fund settlement tothe terminal 12 of the financial institution E2 of the delivery company2, the terminal of the financial institution E1 transmits payment to theledger recorder 14, the terminal 12 of the financial institution E2 ofthe delivery company 2 transmits a deposit notice to the terminal 11 ofthe delivery company 2, and the terminal 11 of the delivery company 2executes a debt collection registration in the electronic monetary claimsystem 9. Then, the third management unit 93 updates the claim detaildata 15 recorded in the storage unit 9 c, based on the debt collectionregistration from the terminal 11.

In addition, if the third management unit 93 receives the cancellationof the condition precedent of the electronically recorded monetary claimsubject to condition precedent from any one of the terminals 10 to 12via the communication unit 9 d, the third management unit 93 updates theclaim detail data 15 recorded in the storage unit 9 c, based on thecancellation of the condition precedent. The third management unit 93may receive the cancellation of the condition precedent of theelectronically recorded monetary claim subject to condition precedent,from the ledger recorder 14 via the communication section 9 d.

The fourth management unit 94 receives a monitoring request from theterminal 13 which executes monitoring, via the communication unit 9 d,and reads data included in the claim detail data 15 recorded in therecorder 9 c, based on the received monitoring request. Then, the fourthmanagement unit 94 transmits the read data to the terminal 13 via thecommunication unit 9 d.

For example, the monitoring request may designate an arbitrary deliverycompany 2 of a plurality of delivery companies, and the claim detaildata 15 may include history data of a plurality of electronicallyrecorded monetary claims subject to condition precedent corresponding tothe delivery company 2. In this case, the fourth management unit 94transmits a plurality of elements of the history data corresponding tothe delivery company 2 designated by the monitoring request, as data fordetermining an ability to fulfill an obligation of the delivery company2, to the terminal 13 via the communication unit 9 d.

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operations ofthe computer system 8 according to one form of the present disclosure.In the explanations of FIG. 11, an explanation on execution ofcommunications among the electronic monetary claim system 9, theterminals 10 to 13, and the ledger recorder 14 by using thecommunication units 9 d to 14 d will be omitted to simplify theexplanations.

In step S1 a, the terminal 10 transmits the order registration of theelectronically recorded monetary claim subject to condition precedent tothe electronic monetary claim system 9. The first management unit 91 ofthe electronic monetary claim system 9 receives the order registrationfrom the terminal 10.

In step S2 a, the terminal 11 transmits the first approval registrationfor the order registration to the electronic monetary claim system 9.The electronic monetary claim system 9 receives the first approvalregistration from the terminal 11.

Alternatively, in step S1 b, the terminal 11 transmits the orderregistration of the electronically recorded monetary claim subject tocondition precedent to the electronic monetary claim system 9. The firstmanagement unit 91 of the electronic monetary claim system 9 receivesthe order registration from the terminal 11.

In step S2 b, the terminal 10 transmits the second approval registrationfor the order registration to the electronic monetary claim system 9.The first management unit 91 of the electronic monetary claim system 9receives the second approval registration from the terminal 10.

Next, in step S3, the first management unit 91 of the electronicmonetary claim system 9 transmits the generated record request data ofthe electronically recorded monetary claim subject to conditionprecedent to the ledger recorder 14. The ledger management unit 141 ofthe ledger recorder 14 records an occurrence of the electronicallyrecorded monetary claim subject to condition precedent in the recordingledger data 16, based on the generated record request data. In addition,the third management unit 93 of the electronic monetary claim system 9updates the claim detail data 15 recorded in the recorder 9 c, based onthe first approval registration or the second approval registration.

In step S4, the terminal 11 transmits the assignment request forpledging of the mortgage of the electronically recorded monetary claimsubject to condition precedent to the terminal 12. The terminal 12receives the assignment request from the terminal 12 the assignmentrequest.

In step S5, the terminal 12 transmits the approval corresponding to theassignment request to the terminal 11. The terminal 11 receives theapproval corresponding to the assignment request from the terminal 12.

Furthermore, in step S6, the terminal 12 transmits the mortgageregistration to the electronic monetary claim system 9. The electronicmonetary claim system 9 receives the mortgage registration from theterminal 12.

In step S7, the electronic monetary claim system 9 transmits theassignment record request data to the ledger recorder 14 when receivingthe mortgage registration from the terminal 12. The ledger managementunit 141 of the ledger recorder 14 updates the recording ledger data 16recorded in the recorder 14 c, based on the assignment record requestdata of the electronically recorded monetary claim subject to conditionprecedent received from the electronic monetary claim system 9. Inaddition, the third management unit 93 of the electronic monetary claimsystem 9 updates the claim detail data 15 recorded in the recorder 9 c,based on the assignment record request data.

In step S8, the terminal 13 transmits the monitoring request to theelectronic monetary claim system 9. The fourth management unit 94 of theelectronic monetary claim system 9 reads the data included in the claimdetail data 15 recorded in the recorder 9 c, based on the monitoringrequest received from the terminal 13.

In step S9, the fourth management unit 94 of the electronic monetaryclaim system 9 transmits the read data to the terminal 13. The terminal13 receives the data from the electronic monetary claim system 9 anddisplays the received data.

In the present form, the electronic monetary claim system 8 relays datatransmission from the terminal 10 to the terminal 11, data transmissionfrom the terminal 10 to the ledger recorder 14, data transmission fromthe terminal 11 to the terminal 10, data transmission from the terminal11 to the ledger recorder 14, and data transmission from the terminal 12to the ledger recorder 14. For this reason, the electronic monetaryclaim system 9 can record the claim detail data 15 including the stateinformation (life cycle data) and the history data of the electronicallyrecorded monetary claim, which are more detailed than the recordingledger data 16 recorded in the ledger recorder 14. Then, the terminal 13can monitor the claim detail data 15 more detailed than the recordingledger data 16.

In the present form, the debt collection recorded in the ledger recorder14 can be recorded in the claim detail data 15 of the electronicmonetary claim system 9 and managed as a part of the history data of theelectronically recorded monetary claim subject to condition precedent,on a payment due date.

In the present form, the history data from multiple orders correspondingto the designated delivery company 2 to the present time have beenrecorded as the claim detail data 15 and, since a plurality of elementsof history data corresponding to the designated delivery company 2 canbe monitored, determination of the ability to fulfill the obligation ofthe delivery company 2 can be supported.

In the present form, the cancellation of the condition precedent for theelectronically recorded monetary claim subject to condition precedentcan be recorded in the recording ledger data 16 of the ledger recorder14 and can be recorded in the claim detail data 15 of the electronicmonetary claim system 9.

In the present form, the electronic monetary claim system 8 relays thedata transmission from the terminal 12 to the ledger recorder 14. Asalso explained in the first form, however, instead of this, the terminal12 may transmit data to the ledger recorder 14, not via the electronicmonetary claim system 8. In this case, however, the terminal 12transmits report data indicating that the data transmission to theledger recorder 14 has been executed, to the electronic monetary claimsystem 8, and the electronic monetary claim system 8 updates the claimdetail data 15, based on the report data on the data transmission fromthe terminal 12 to the ledger recorder 14. Alternatively, the ledgerrecorder 14 transmits report data indicating that the data receptionfrom the terminal 12 has been executed, to the electronic monetary claimsystem 8, and the electronic monetary claim system 8 updates the claimdetail data 15, based on the report data on the data reception from theledger recorder 14.

In the above-described present form, the electronically recordedmonetary claim subject to condition precedent can be registered in therecording ledger data 16 after the initial time of ordering.Furthermore, in the present form, the claim detail data 15 which is thedata more detailed than the recording ledger data 16 and which includesthe state information from the initial time of generation to the presenttime, of the electronically recorded monetary claim subject to conditionprecedent, can be recorded apart from the recording ledger data 16, andthe claim detail data 15 can be confirmed. Thus, system environment inwhich the electronically recorded monetary claim subject to conditionprecedent can easily be assigned after the initial time of generationcan be provided and the electronically recorded monetary claim subjectto condition precedent can be handled as the mortgage. In the presentform, since the financial institution E2 can easily confirm the claimdetail data 15 more detailed than the recording ledger data 16, forexample, the financial institution E2 can determine whether to financeto the delivery company 2, easily and rapidly.

Additional advantages and modifications will readily occur to thoseskilled in the art. Therefore, the present disclosure in its broaderaspects is not limited to the specific details and representative formsshown and described herein. Accordingly, various modifications may bemade without departing from the spirit or scope of the general inventiveconcept as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

The description of the disclosure is merely exemplary in nature and,thus, variations that do not depart from the substance of the disclosureare intended to be within the scope of the disclosure. Such variationsare not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of thedisclosure.

What is claimed is:
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An electronic monetary claim system communicablyconnected to a first terminal used by an order company, a secondterminal used by a delivery company, a third terminal used by afinancial institution of the delivery company, and a ledger recorderrecording electronic record ledger data in an electronic monetary claimrecording institution, the system comprising: a first management unittransmitting generated record request data at receiving ordering, of anelectronically recorded monetary claim with defense to the ledgerrecorder, by an electronic contract function, when receiving a placingorder registration of the electronically recorded monetary claim withdefense from receiving ordering to delivery and inspection from thefirst terminal and receiving a first approval registration of theplacing order registration from the second terminal or when receiving areceiving order registration of the electronically recorded monetaryclaim with defense from the second terminal and receiving a secondapproval registration of the receiving order registration from the firstterminal; a second management unit transmitting assignment recordrequest data including information indicating that the electronicallyrecorded monetary claim with defense have been pledged to the ledgerrecorder as mortgage when an assignment request for pledging of themortgage of the electronically recorded monetary claim is transmittedfrom the second terminal to the third terminal, then an approvalcorresponding to the assignment request is transmitted from the thirdterminal to the second terminal and, furthermore, when receiving amortgage registration for pledging of the mortgage of the electronicallyrecorded monetary claim with defense from the third terminal; a thirdmanagement unit recording, in a recorder, claim detail data indicating adetail of the electronically recorded monetary claim and including thefirst or second approval registration and the assignment request; and afourth management unit transmitting data included in the claim detaildata recorded in the recorder to the third terminal, a fourth terminalused in a financial institution different from the financial institutionor a fifth terminal used in a guarantee company, wherein the claimdetail data is data more detailed than the recording ledger data andincludes a plurality of elements of history data from initial times ofgeneration of a plurality of electronically recorded monetary claimswith defense corresponding to the delivery company to a current time,the plurality of the elements of the history data include informationgenerated at the current time, of claim generation before delivery fromthe delivery company to the order company and inspection, assignment,extension or reduction of a payment period, change of a claim amount,termination of the condition precedent, and claim collection, for eachof the plurality of the electronically recorded monetary claims withdefense, the second management unit transmits change record request dataincluding information indicating the termination of the conditionprecedent of the electronically recorded monetary claim with defense tothe ledger recorder, when receiving the termination of the conditionprecedent of the electronically recorded monetary claims with defensefrom any one of the first to third terminals, the third management unitupdates the claim detail data based on claim collection registrationwhen the ledger recorder records payment of the electronically recordedmonetary claim with defense and receives the claim collection recordfrom the second terminal, and updates the claim detail data based on thetermination of the condition precedent when receiving the termination ofthe condition precedent from any one of the first to third terminals,and the fourth management unit transmits to the third terminal, thefourth terminal or the fifth terminal the plurality of the elements ofthe history data corresponding to the delivery company designated by themonitoring request received from the third terminal, the fourth terminalor the fifth terminal as data for determining an ability to fulfill anobligation of the delivery company designated by the monitoring request.2. A method of managing pledge of mortgage of an electronically recordedmonetary claim with defense by an electronic monetary claim system, theelectronic monetary claim system being communicably connected to a firstterminal used by an order company, a second terminal used by a deliverycompany, a third terminal used by a financial institution of thedelivery company, and a ledger recorder recording electronic recordledger data in an electronic monetary claim recording institution, theelectronic monetary claim system executing: transmitting generatedrecord request data at receiving ordering, of the electronicallyrecorded monetary claim with defense to the ledger recorder, by anelectronic contract function, when receiving a placing orderregistration of the electronically recorded monetary claim with defensefrom receiving ordering to delivery and inspection, from the firstterminal, and receiving a first approval registration of the placingorder registration from the second terminal or when receiving areceiving order registration of the electronically recorded monetaryclaim with defense from the second terminal and receiving a secondapproval registration of the receiving order registration from the firstterminal; transmitting assignment record request data includinginformation indicating that the electronically recorded monetary claimhave been pledged to the ledger recorder as mortgage when an assignmentrequest for pledging of the mortgage of the electronically recordedmonetary claim with defense is transmitted from the second terminal tothe third terminal, then an approval corresponding to the assignmentrequest is transmitted from the third terminal to the second terminaland, furthermore, when receiving a mortgage registration for pledging ofthe mortgage of the electronically recorded monetary claim with defensefrom the third terminal; recording, in a recorder, claim detail dataindicating a detail of the electronically recorded monetary claim withdefense and including the first or second approval registration and theassignment request; and transmitting data included in the claim detaildata recorded in the recorder to the third terminal, a fourth terminalused in a financial institution different from the financial institutionor a fifth terminal used in a guarantee company, wherein the claimdetail data is data more detailed than the recording ledger data andincludes a plurality of elements of history data from initial times ofgeneration of a plurality of electronically recorded monetary claimswith defense corresponding to the delivery company to a current time,the plurality of the elements of the history data include informationgenerated at the current time, of claim generation before delivery fromthe delivery company to the order company and inspection, assignment,extension or reduction of a payment period, change of a claim amount,termination of the condition precedent, and claim collection, for eachof the plurality of the electronically recorded monetary claims withdefense, and the electronic monetary claim system further executing:transmitting change record request data including information indicatingthe termination of the condition precedent of the electronicallyrecorded monetary claim with defense to the ledger recorder, whenreceiving the termination of the condition precedent of theelectronically recorded monetary claims with defense from any one of thefirst to third terminals; updating the claim detail data based on claimcollection registration when the ledger recorder records payment of theelectronically recorded monetary claim with defense and receives theclaim collection record from the second terminal, and updates the claimdetail data based on the termination of the condition precedent whenreceiving the termination of the condition precedent from any one of thefirst to third terminals; and transmitting to the third terminal, thefourth terminal or the fifth terminal the plurality of the element ofthe history data corresponding to the delivery company designated by themonitoring request received from the third terminal, the fourth terminalor the fifth terminal as data for determining an ability to fulfill anobligation of the delivery company designated by the monitoring request.